The crash closed La. 1 for more than three hours Friday night. Five ambulances, a fire truck and more than a dozen patrol cars from several local police agencies responded.

The crash mangled the front ends of both vehicles — the front driver's side of the Expedition had been almost completely sheared off.

Police and firefighters held tarps around the Expedition while they cut away enough metal to free the driver's body, a process that took more than half an hour. Another body lay under a tarp while the crews worked.

The wreck drew a crowd of witnesses from nearby homes, but all those interviewed said they had been attracted by the police lights and had not seen or heard the wreck themselves.

<p>A man and a woman from Thibodaux were killed and a Houma man was critically injured in a head-on crash on La. 1 just south of the Assumption Parish border Friday night.</p><p>Janay Starks, 25, and Milton Duet, 65, died when Starks, driving a 2001 Ford Expedition, crossed the centerline and hit Duet's 2007 Chevrolet Silverado about 7 p.m., State Police said.</p><p>Miguel Reid, 29, of Houma, was a passenger in the Expedition. He was sent to Thibodaux Regional Medical Center with critical injuries, authorities said.</p><p>Reid was not wearing a seat belt, police said. Starks and Duet were both wearing seat belts.</p><p>Alcohol use is suspected, police said. Routine toxicology results are pending.</p><p>The crash closed La. 1 for more than three hours Friday night. Five ambulances, a fire truck and more than a dozen patrol cars from several local police agencies responded.</p><p>The crash mangled the front ends of both vehicles — the front driver's side of the Expedition had been almost completely sheared off.</p><p>Police and firefighters held tarps around the Expedition while they cut away enough metal to free the driver's body, a process that took more than half an hour. Another body lay under a tarp while the crews worked.</p><p>The wreck drew a crowd of witnesses from nearby homes, but all those interviewed said they had been attracted by the police lights and had not seen or heard the wreck themselves.</p>